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JACKSON v. NASSAU COUNTY BD. OF SUP'RS.

No. CV 91-3720 (ADS).

818 F.Supp. 509 (1993)

George JACKSON, William Donald Stanford, Alonzo Hopkins, Kathryn Rogers, Francine Grier, Carlos E. Mackey, Elaine Nesin and David Ford, Plaintiffs, v. The NASSAU COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, Joseph N. Mondello, Gregory P. Peterson, Benjamin L. Zwirn, Bruce Nyman, Angello A. Delligatti, Donald P. Deriggi, in their official capacities as members of the Nassau County Board of Supervisors, County of Nassau, Nassau County Board of Elections, Sinita Walker and John Matthews, in their official capacities as commissioners of the Nassau County Board of Elections, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

April 14, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobsen, New York City (Terrence A. Corrigan, Honey L. Kober, of counsel), for plaintiff David Ford.

Arthur N. Eisenberg, New York City, for the plaintiff George Jackson.

Julius Chambers, New York City, for plaintiffs Alonzo Hopkins, Kathryn Rogers, Francine Grier and Carlos E. Mackey.

Rivkin, Radler & Kremer Uniondale, NY (William J. Lewis, Evan Krinick, of counsel), for defendant Nassau County Bd. of Sup'rs.

Peter S. Williams, Susan Friedman, Mineola, NY, for defendant Nassau County Bd. of Elections.

OPINION AND ORDER

SPATT, District Judge.

"Within a given constituency, there can be room for but a single constitutional rule — one voter, one vote" (Gray v. Sanders, 372 U.S. 368, 382, 83 S.Ct. 801, 809, 9 L.Ed.2d 821 [1963]). In his concurrence in Gray, Justice Potter Stewart reaffirmed the right of political participation which reaches back to The Federalist Papers and forward to as yet...

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